Dagger Hill
Dagger Hill
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Annotation: After a mysterious catastrophic incident shakes up their sleepy hometown, a group of best friends discovers they are being hunted by a sinister presence in this YA psychological thriller.
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #257186
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Copyright Date: 2021
Edition Date: 2021 Release Date: 08/17/21
Pages: 324 pages
ISBN: 1-250-76334-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-250-76334-1
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2020038680
Dimensions: 22 cm
Language: English
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

In the summer of 1989, Police Chief Albright is intent on having his son, Gabe, shadowing him at work, but Gabe would rather spend time with his friends, the Almost Nobodies, as they approach their senior year of high school. When the largely white group (one friend is cued as Latinx) picnics at Windale, Pa.-s forbidden Dagger Hill, a -hot spot for mystery and murder,- their lives are changed forever: a plane nosedives into the hill, leaving three of the four friends injured and one-Kimberly-missing. Wary of a classified military investigation and interference by nearby laboratory TerraCorp, the Almost Nobodies lean on each other to find Kimberly and stop a series of increasingly ghastly murders. Taylor (the Soul Keepers series) layers horror styles-found footage, monster, paranormal, and psychological-while switching perspectives among the Almost Nobodies and townspeople. While the multiple moving parts and shifting formats (narrative, newspaper excerpts, interviews) can be difficult to follow, visceral descriptions (-bullets shredded into meat-) and the introduction of a shape-shifting figure lead to a jolting read in the style of Stephen King-one with plenty of 1980s nostalgia and a tender LGBTQ romance. Ages 13-up. (Aug.)

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Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
Reading Level: 5.0
Interest Level: 7-12
Lexile: HL790L

Stranger Things meets One of Us Is Lying in Devon Taylor's creepy paranormal mystery about four friends who find themselves hunted by a malevolent presence in their sleepy hometown.It knows your fear...Summer, 1989. Four best friends--Gabe, Kimberly, Charlie, and Sonya--are preparing for their last summer together before senior year, after which they'll all be splitting up to start college in different parts of the country. They make a promise to always find their way back to each other, no matter how far away from their sleepy Pennsylvania hometown they get.But their plans are destroyed when a plane crashes right on top of their favorite hangout outside of town--and right on top of them.In the catastrophic aftermath of the incident, Gabe, Sonya and Charlie are plagued by eerie visions and messages from an unknown watcher. They soon realize that the plane crash was no accident, and now they are being hunted by a sinister presence. And everyone is still searching for Kimberly, who has been missing ever since Gabe saw somebody wearing a gas mask carry her out of the woods the day the sky fell down on them...Praise for Dagger Hill:"A wild and satisfying romp through small town friendships, government conspiracies, bloody histories, long-kept secrets--and all of your deepest, darkest fears." --Katrina Leno, author of Horrid"Visceral ... a jolting read in the style of Stephen King--one with plenty of 1980s nostalgia and a tender LGBTQ romance." --Publishers Weekly


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